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IMF, RFAs Ready to Cooperate to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19 on the Global Economy

April 21, 2020/IMF The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Ms. Kristalina Georgieva; the Director General Chairman of the Board of the Arab Monetary Fund, Mr. Abdulrahman Al Hamidy; Director of ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO), the surveillance unit of the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralisation (CMIM), Mr. Toshinori […]

World Bank, IMF mobilize partners in the fight against COVID-19 in Africa

April 17, 2020/IMF The World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund today convened African leaders, bilateral partners, and multilateral institutions to spur faster action on COVID-19 response in African countries. H.E. Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Director General of the WHO Dr. Tedros Adhanom […]

Sub-Saharan African Growth Projected At -1.6% in 2020 – IMF

Culled—Proshare April 16, 2020 by IMF The April 2020 Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Economic Outlook at a Glance The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to exact a heavy human toll, and the economic crisis it has triggered can upend recent development progress. Growth in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 is projected at -1.6%, the […]